President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated, “I thank all the friendly nations for stating their readiness for support by extending their good wishes and condolences on the occasion of the earthquake in İzmir.”
Thanking the countries that have conveyed their messages of “best wishes” and condolences following the 6.6-magnitude earthquake which had its epicentre off the coast of Seferihisar district in İzmir, Erdoğan posted the following on his Twitter account:
“Many thanks from the Republic of Turkey to all friendly nations and international organizations for their good wishes and statements of support following the earthquake in İzmir. With all our institutions, as the Republic of Turkey, we stand by our citizens in the field, and we are in full control of the situation.”